Data correction pre-processing for electronically stored blood culture results: Implications on microbial spectrum and empiric antibiotic therapy

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Assadian, Ojan ^a   Diab Elschahawi, Magda ^a   Makristathis, Athanasios ^a   Blacky, Alexander ^a   Koller, Walter ^a   Adlassnig, Klaus Peter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medexter Healthcare GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FUSIDIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROORGANISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 68149165605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-27     Document Type: Article

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